External fixation versus locked intramedullary nailing in tibial shaft fractures: A prospective, randomised study of 78 patients

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-26

  Bråten, Martinus ^a   Helland, Per ^b   Grøntvedt, Torbjørn ^a   Aamodt, Arild ^a   Benum, Pål ^a   Mølster, Anders ^b  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

External fixation; Intramedullary nailing; Randomised trial; Tibial fracture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE PAIN; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIBIA SHAFT FRACTURE; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 14544300232     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-004-0768-0     Document Type: Article

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